Howard University Cuts 84 Staff Positions

Published at 11:25 AM EDT on Apr 4, 2015

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Howard University has cut 84 staff positions, the university announced Friday.

The university did not specify which postions were eliminated, but News4 has confirmed E. Ethelbert Miller, director of Howard University's African American Resource Center, was among those fired.

Miller had been at Howard for more than 40 years. He declined to comment to News4.

"Eliminating these positions was necessary to ensure long-term financial stability," spokesperson Rachel Mann said in a statement. "We do not expect this decision to have any adverse impact on student services or their academic studies."

"The decision to reduce staff is never an easy one. University leadership carefully evaluated a variety of options before concluding that eliminating these positions was necessary to ensure long-term financial stability for the University," the statement read. "We do not expect this decision to have any adverse impact on student services or their academic studies."